TheculturalperformanceareainPeizhaiCommunity,whereoldervillagersgathereveryTuesdayandSaturdaytoperformHenanOpera.ThearttroupesfromHuixianCityandXinxiangCityalsogiveperformanceshereattimes.byQinBinFrommud-brickhomestoapartmentbuildings,fromdrinkingwaterfromwellsorcisternstotapwater,PeizhaiVillageofHuixianCityincentralChina鈥檚HenanProvincehastransformedinjustafewyearsfromanimpoverishedvillagetoonewhichothervillagesoftenlookupto.Thesuccesscanbeattributedtoanumberoffactors,andoneisthatthevillageisledbyacompetentofficial,PeiChunliang.
Pei,bornandraisedinthevillage,wasaself-madesuccessfulruralentrepreneur,whenin2005,hewasvotedbyhisfellowvillagerstobethevillagechief.Inthefollowingyears,heledthevillagetobuildanewvillagesite(whichwasfundedoutofhisownpocket)andsetupabusinessgroupthatrunsmultipleindustriessuchascement,tourism,electricityandchemicals.Thevillagehasbuiltreservoirs,vegetablebasesandflowerbasesandprosperedunderhisleadership.
Peiisoneofthe35millionruralmembersoftheCommunistPartyofChina(CPC).TheyhaveledtheirfellowCPCmemberstohelplifttensofmillionsofruralChineseoutofpovertyinthepastfewdecades,amiraclethattheworldmarvelsat.
TheseCPCmembershavestrongfaith.Theyareconvincedthatnomatterhowtimeschange,theymustcommitthemselvestothecauseofhelpingthepubliclivebetterlives.
Theyarereadytogiveratherthantake.Afterfundingthenewvillagesiteprojectwith30millionyuan,Peigaveeachhousehold10tonsofcementin2010tohelpthembuildnewhomes.
Theyarecompetentatwhattheydo.RuralCPCofficialsarecapableofenergizingfarmerstoengageinlandtradeandtoimprovetheirtraditionalwayofmakingendsmeet.
TheseCPCofficialsalsohavegreatintegrityandvirtue.Theyhavehighmoralstandardsintheirworkandlife,whichsetsagreatexamplefortheordinarypeople.
OutstandingCPCofficialslikePeiarenotisolatedcases:ithastodowiththeParty鈥檚wayofselectingandtrainingitsmembers.
TheCPCselectscapableofficials,regardlessoftheirageandbackground.Inruralareas,thevillagechiefcanplayavitalroleinthedevelopmentoftheentirevillage.Inrecentyears,China鈥檚ruralareashaveselectedlocalofficialsfromallwalksoflife,includingruralentrepreneurslikePei,veterans,retiredofficialsandcollegegraduates.AslongastheyabidebyPartydisciplineandarecapable,theycanbepromoted.
RuralPartyofficialsarewelltrained.Atleastonceeveryyear,ruralofficialswillattendtrainingprovidedbythecounty,cityorprovince.TheylearnaboutPartydisciplineandthewaysofhelpingvillagersgetrich,aswellasrule-basedmanagement.Apartfromattendingtrainingsessions,theycanalsolearnviatheinternetinsomeregions.
TheCPCalsoinvestsinmonitoringtheactivitiesofofficialsandenergizestheminvariousways,sothattheofficialswillnotabusetheirpowerorremaininactive.
Withmorethan88millionCPCmembersand4.4millionPartyunitsacrossthecountry,theCPCwillcontinuetoleaditspeopletolivebetterlivesandhencecontributetotheworld.
Theauthoriseditor-in-chiefofthePartyBuildingBooksPublishingHouseundertheOrganizationDepartmentoftheCPCCentralCommittee.
TheplaygroundofanelementaryschoolinPeizhaiCommunity.byHuZhoumeng
SomeschoolchildreninPeizhaiCommunity.byQinBin